Means for attaching rubber heels to shoes



Jan. 1o, 192s. 1,656,096

R. CONTGCXHHU MEANS FOR ATTACHING RUBBER HEELS TO SHOES Filed July 2,1926 titl ori

application tiled. July t, Serial tt'o. Mott-TO.

slthis invention appertains generally to shoes and has more particularreference to new and nset'ul improvements in the manner oit attaching;rubber heels thereto.

itin important object oit the present invention is the provision etnovel and simplitied ineans tor securing` a rubber heel to the leatherheel ot a shoe without the use ot nails-sor the lilre lino-ther objectof the present invention is to provide ineans whereby the rubber heelinay be secured to or detached troni 'the leather heel oit a shoe withthe expenditure oit a nfiininnun amount ot time and ettore Anotherobject ot the present invention is the provision ot novel ineens ot theabove character including1 a iasteningplate secured to the leather heelet a shoe and an attachinej lneinber carried by the rubber heel andadapted to be detachably engaged with the said tasteningplate. y

lll turther object ot the present invention is to provide improvedineens ot the above character which are siinple yet durable inconstruction, practical and etlicient in use, easy and cheap tomanufacture, and well designed ttor the purposes 'tor which intended.

llninerous other obiects and advantages oit the present invention willhecoinc more readily apparent thiringi` the course oit the lollowinp:-description when talren in con nection with the uzcoinpanying drawings.

ln the drawings termine a part et this application and wherein lilrecharactersoii reiterence have been employed to designate cerresponding`parts throughout the several views:

ligure l 'is a perspective view ot a portion oli a shoe showing thefastening plate which is secured to the leather' heel thereof.

llligure Q is a perspective view of the irn proved rubberI heel7 thesaid heel being; shown in dotted lines while the attaching ineinliiercarried thereby is shown in itull lines.

lSiffgure 3 is a side elevation ol a portion oit a shoe showing therubber heel. secured thereto, said rubber heel and leather heel beingshown in section so as to incre clearly disclose the inanner otattaching the toriner to the latter.

ltl'igure l is a sectional view taken on line ll--t ot lligi'ure 3.

lliigure 5 is a plan view ot the improved rubber heel..

Referring` now more in detail. to the accompanying;` drawings whereintor the purpose olf illustration has been disclosed a preterr-edembodiment oli 'the present invention the letter A, generally indicatesa portion ol a shoe which may be oli any conventional or preferredinalre and ll the rubber `heel arranged to be secured thereto.

lhe shoe l disclosed herein by way ot illustration. embodies in itsconstruction a sole l0 to which is secured, in the usual inanner, theupper ll and the leather heel l2. Carried by the leather heel l2 isfastening: plate generally indicated by the numeral lil and including1 astraight portion lll and the substantially tl-shaped portion 15, saidattaching plate le-l arranged to be secured to the leather heel l2 inany desired inanner such as by means ot screws, nails or otherfastening1 elements 1G. The straight portion lll ot the att-aching;plate 13 provided adjacent its opposite ends with the rearwardlyendendingrv strnclr-up soclrets l? and 'it while the subs ntiallvtrl-shaped portion 15 is provided interniediate its ends with the'loi.".vurclly directed strucleup soclret 19. lily releren e to Figure lot' the drawing it will be observed that the sockets l'l, l@ and it) areclosed at their sides, the open sides ot the sockets ll' and ttl being`presented rearwardly and the open side oli the socket lll beingpresented forwardly so that when the pronos 2th Qu and 25 are engaged inthe sockets llt, ld and 19, respectively the anchoring .member S20 andconsequently the rubber heel, will be held a uainst lateral displacementwith respect to the niernber 13 and the shoe heel rt.

The rubber heel B :may be ot any eonventional or preferred type and hasincl-ded therein. the longitudinally extending` attacliinn' member 20which embodies in its construction a shank 21 and the convergent longs22 and Q3 arranged in substantially V-shapcd formation relative to oneanother. 'lhe tree end ot the shank 2l is bent at right angles asindicated at 941 and is extended through and outwardly ot the rubberheelj the termi-- nal. thereof: beine' rearwardly directed to provide aprong;n Q5 which is substantially parallel with said rubber heel. Theforward ends ot the legs and @il are also bent at. right angles asindicated at 2G and 2l" and extended through and outwardly oll therubber heel, the terminals thereoli beinp; :tor-

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wardly directed to provide the prongs 28 and 29 which also extendsubstantially parallel With the said heel.

When it is desired to secure the rubber heel B to the leather heel 12 ofthe shoe A, the prong 25 is first inserted into the socket 19 and therubber heel forced rearwardly as far as possible and transverselyflexed. The heel is then permitted to straighten so that the prongs 28and 29 engage in the sockets 17 and 18. Thus, it `will be readilyappreciated that the rubber heel will be firmly yet detachably securedto the .leather heel 12 of the shoe. When it is desired to remove therubber heel, it is only necessary to force the same rearwardly andslightly flex the heel until the prongs 28 and 29 are disengaged fromthe sockets 17 and 18 whereupon the forward end of the heel can belifted up` wardly and the heel drawn forwardly so as to disengage theprong 25 from the socket 19. It will of course be appreciated that inattaching the rubber heel in place, the pron 28 and 29 can first beengaged under the lips 17 and 18, if desired, and the prong 25 subseuently engaged beneath the lip 19.

t is to be understood that While I have disclosedone practicalembodiment of the present invention` changes in the details ofconstruction thereof may be found desirable and the right is herebyreserved to make any such changes as properly fall within the scope ofthe appended claim without departing from or sacrificing the spirit ofthe invention.

Wha-t is claimed is:

Means for securing a rubber heel to the leather heel of a shoecomprising an attaching plate for attachment to the leather heel andembodying a straight forward portion and a substantially U-shapedportion ineluding sides and a connecting bend extending rearwardly fromthe straight portion, the straight portion being provided. near tln`juncture of its ends with the said U-shaped portion, with sockets havingclosed lateral sides and open sides presented rearwardly, the bend ofthe U-shaped portion being provided with a socket having closed lateralsides and an open side presented forwardly7 and an anchoring membercomprising a shank and a pair ot converging legs united at theirmeet-ing ends to the shank at one end thereof, the end portion of theshank and the end portion of each leg being bent substantially at rightangles and thence upwardly whereby to provide terminal prongs, the saidmember being embedded in the Isaid rubber heel except for the saidprongs, and the prongs of the legs being engageable in the sockets inthe straight. portion of the attaching member and the prong upon thi`shank being engageable in the socket in the bend of the said attachingmember.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my si gnatuirl ROCCO CONTICGHIO.

